Sound Control v2.48 Beta Released

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Introduction

Sound Control v2.48 Beta is now publicly available.

This release contains many new additions, fixes and updates since Sound Control v2.15.

This version (originally only available by email request since 09 February 2009) has been tested by many Beta testers over the past 6+ months and the general consensus was it is a great improvement over v2.15.

This release is not perfect and some functionality works differently than Sound Control v2.15.

If you are an established v2.15 user (or if you are a completely new user) feel free to try this release but if it is not for you just re/install Sound Control v2.15.

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Change Log

v2.48 Beta (08 July 2009)

  • Added - Application - Winamp Hot Keys - Can now customise what command is sent to Winamp for each hot key
  • Added - Application - Winamp Hot Keys - Added 10 customisable Winamp hot keys
  • Added - Application - Test Media Commands - Can now list and test all Winamp commands
  • Added - Application - Miscellaneous Hot Keys - Toggle Song Time Format
  • Added - Application - Debug Logging - If debug logging is enabled a new tab will appear in Options
  • Updated - Application - Winamp Hot Keys - Many hot keys removed but replaced with equivalent functionality
  • Updated - Application - Winamp Hot Keys - Old interface delay support has been removed but replaced with equivalent functionality
  • Updated - Application - Changed format song time to a dropdown containing standard, time elasped and time remaining options
  • Updated - Application - Rewrote duplicate hot key and command checking resulting in being more reliable with better user feedback
  • Updated - Application - Options - Several options have been moved to more appropriate locations
  • Updated - Application - Translations - Removed old translations and added new translation messages
  • Fixed - Application - Winamp Hot Keys - Minor incompatibilities with other players can be fixed as can now change command sent
  • Fixed - Application - On Screen Display - Leave On Screen Until Next Operation option is no longer always on
  • Fixed - Application - Flickering of tabs when changing option on Options screen
  • Fixed - Application - Winamp Hot Keys - Correctly resumes playing playlist from where left off after stopping instead of start of playlist
  • Updated - Application - General - Various debug messages to help track down problems if they occur

v2.47 Beta (29 June 2009)

  • Fixed - Application - On Screen Display - Leave On Screen Until Next Operation option now lasts longer than 30 seconds
  • Fixed - Application - Mixers - Blank lines in mixer list
  • Fixed - Application - Mixers - Better support for drivers that return blank / missing mixer information
  • Fixed - Application - General - Support for loading Windows Vista / Windows 7 volume mixer applet
  • Fixed - Application - General - Debug file no longer locked if logging is subsequently switched off
  • Fixed - Application - General - Tab order on several screens
  • Fixed - Application - General - Clearing hot key now also clears associated filename
  • Fixed - Application - General Options - If formatting settings are left blank they are now reset to default values
  • Added - Application - General Options - Formatting can be specified for time that is output in On Screen Display
  • Updated - Application - Winamp Hot Keys - Winamp Playlists have been moved to own tab in Other Hot Keys
  • Updated - Application - Winamp Hot Keys - Open Winamp Hot Keys have been removed Application Hot Keys offer same functionality
  • Updated - Application - Winamp Hot Keys - Winamp Hot Keys tab redesigned
  • Updated - Application - General Options - Several options moved to Winamp Hot Keys tab
  • Updated - Application - General Options - Debug logging changed from dropdown to toggle
  • Fixed - Setup - General - Better Windows Vista / Windows 7 compatibility

v2.46 Beta (12 April 2009)

  • Fixed - Application - General - Missing Accelerator Keys On Checkboxes and Radio buttons
  • Fixed - Application - General - No Translation Found being output when double clicking tray icon
  • Fixed - Application - Options - Format song prefix now detects more prefixes
  • Added - Application - General Options - Automatically Unmute / Loud If Associated Volume Is Adjusted
  • Added - Application - General Options - Debug Mode option
  • Fixed - Application - General Options - Issues related to invalid formating options
  • Added - Application - On Screen Display - Leave Pause / Mute on screen until next operation
  • Updated - Application - Mixers - Clickable mixer volume / mute not supported information messages with possible solutions ??
  • Fixed - Setup - General - Duplicate startup links
  • Added - Setup - General - Reset all settings to default option

v2.45 Beta (09 February 2009)

  • Added - Application - General - If mixer has default volumes set this is now indicated by the volume percent being display in bold
  • Added - Application - General - Show Options At Startup option to Splash and Options screen
  • Added - Application - General - Tips area
  • Added - Application - General - Right click on hot key label for popup menu with option to reset hot key
  • Fixed - Application - General - Better handling of resetting of hot keys when they are no longer required
  • Fixed - Application - General - If Vista is detected all mixer related and other unsupported options are now automatically disabled unless running in compatibility mode
  • Fixed - Application - General - Various changes to enable Sound Control to run in Vista in compatibility mode more smoothly
  • Fixed - Application - General - If standard sound mixer can't be found the appropriate menu items are now disabled
  • Fixed - Application - General - Friendly error messages are now displayed instead of a file not found error if default sound mixer can't be found
  • Fixed - Application - General - Multiple sound device problems displaying List Index Out Of Bounds error
  • Fixed - Application - General - On Screen Display - Select / No Select for appropriate recording mixers instead of Loud / Mute
  • Fixed - Application - General - Cut / Copy / Paste popup menu removed on all hot key text boxes
  • Fixed - Application - Mixers - Selected mixers being reset after saving
  • Fixed - Application - Mixers - Duplicate names are now supported
  • Fixed - Application - Mixers - Workaround added for some problematic sound drivers so mixers stay in synchronisation
  • Fixed - Application - Mixers - If there is no support for both volume and select / mute it is no longer added to the list of mixers
  • Fixed - Application - Mixers - Mute is now labelled Select for appropriate mixers
  • Fixed - Application - Options - Scrollable regions now reset to the top when opening Options screen
  • Fixed - Application - Options - Beep / Speaker options now only selectable in Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Millennium-Me
  • Added - Application - Options - Five applications can now be specified in Other Hot Keys
  • Added - Application - Options - Five playlists can now be specified in Winamp Hot keys
  • Added - Application - General Options - Application filename and song title formatting
  • Added - Application - On Screen Display - Open Winamp / Applications / Playlists filename formatting
  • Added - Application - On Screen Display - Next / Previous / Play / Pause / Information song title formatting
  • Updated - Application - Mixer - Various bug fixes
  • Updated - Application - General - Version information
  • Updated - Application - General - The default hot key (but can still be changed) is now CTRL+SHIFT+ALT to help avoid conflicts
  • Updated - Application - General - If no supported sound hardware is found just mixer functionality is now disabled instead of exiting application
  • Updated - Application - General - Open File filename filters
  • Updated - Application - Options - Screen is now resizable
  • Updated - Application - Options - Screen now remembers size between sessions
  • Updated - Application - Options - Application 4 / 5 can now be specified in Tray Icon Double Click option
  • Updated - Application - Options - On Screen Display delay can now be set up to 10 seconds
  • Updated - Application - On Screen Display - Open Application and Open Playlist actions now display filename on separate line
  • Updated - Application - Translations - Application 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 is now Open Application with the number is automatically added
  • Updated - Application - About - Text with latest year and other details
  • Added - Setup - General - Messages explaining Application Already Running and Power User Privileges Required errors
  • Fixed - Setup - General - Better compatibility
  • Updated - Help - License - Removed link replaced with full text
  • Updated - Help - License - Acknowledgements
  • Updated - Help - Various - E-mail address to link
  • Updated - Help - Settings - Text with latest year and other details
  • Updated - Help - Various - Wording to Winamp (and Compatible)
  • Updated - Help - Various - Due to new or changes in functionality
  • Updated - Setup - License - Removed link replaced with full text
  • Updated - Setup - General - Better compression
  • Updated - Setup - General - Various minor bug fixes
  • Updated - Setup - General - Automatic setting of compatibility mode on Vista and above systems